Is there a difference between Rangoli and Kolam ? I remember learning a few of these when my dad was posted in Andhra when I was a kid.
@yellowmango , rangoli and kolams are essentially the same. In the south kolams are traditionally done with dots or lines using white kolam powder and called kolams In the north most of these designs are filled in with colours and hence called rangoli i suppose. Now in practice there is a fusion of both and we see kolams as well as rangolis in all their colours!